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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Central Bank governor
Dr. Worrell is very cool guy, he don’t get ruffled, he is a social animal, attending
at all kinds of events and is a cool dresser, I just luv de straw hats, so when
he put on de governor hat an decide we abolishing de cent coin because it cost
more to produce than it worth, de Vendor say, dat mek cents!

Then I started thinking more deeply, usually a dangerous thing,
also an unusual thing and heard dat de
abolition could lead to social problems becausing, when yuh go to de shop
prices will get “roundup” to de nearest five or ten cent, it could leave to
conflict!

I started thinking bout how it gine affect communication,
how can I put in my two cents worth to a conversation iffing I don’t have one?
I can’t curse a fella and tell he dat he not worth a cent, somehow telling he
dat he not worth five or ten cents sound like a compliment! And what about a
“cent kite?” Dem disappear decades ago.

I used to be able to offer a young lady“a penny for your thoughts” knowing I could
pay up if she womanup, I not sure I want to risk that, today it could end up
costing me Grantleys! Can I still have a programme called “Dollars and Cents”
when there are no cents around?

I like mints, dese days I only buy one or two, if a mint
cost two cents must I now buy a minimum of five because yuh can’t buy two and a
half and we no longer have cents so I have to spend at least a dime? Given that
there is no longer a cent, anything costing two cents would be free in de
rounding up scenario? Does dat not make cents? It does to me!

Can I tell Chris dat I want every Red cent government got
for me, surely he gine laugh and say, Market we ain’t got no cents, to which I
might respond“I know dat!”

Abolishing one cent coin mek real cents to me but I still
trying to figure out why we gine build a new sugar factory costing 500 million
when de cost of producing sugar is more than what we earn fuh it? Dat mek cents
to you? Somebody gine earn plenty cents from building it though, look, nuff
things don’t mek cents to me, like all de sugar lands dat lying idle waiting to
get cut up and sell off, somebody looking fuh dollars not cents!

All of dis because of inflation, a friend, Aubrey Choy once
explained inflation dis way “Market, soon you cannot call yuh friend Bea- EIGHT-trix
Holder by dat name, yuh gine have to call she Bea-NINE-trix and yuh will not be
able to tell she dat she look ONE-derful, TWO-night, it gine sound funny but
yuh gine have to say Bea-NINE-trix, you look TWO-teeful THREE-night!”

It may have implications too fuh de dollar whine song, does de
chorus, “cent, five cent, ten cent, dollar!” become“nickel, ten cent, dollar, two dollar?” it
don’t rhyme, wunnah mess up a good song,Guv’na!

While we at it, shouldn’t we look at de cost de dollar
coins, does it cost more than a dollar to produce, if so should we abolish dat too
and go back to paper?

I once get charge overweight because of de amount of silver
dollars I had in my bag, it cost me plenty dollars, my mudda tell me I had no
cents!

I Market Vendor gone fuh now, you have a blessed and a
wonderful day, yuh hear?